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The Empire of Edward Bruce |
“For the People”
| Category: Father Knows Best State | ||
| Civil Rights: Some |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Few |
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Location: Culloden |
Regional Influence: Power |
The Empire of Edward Bruce is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Michael Higgins with an iron fist, and notable for its daily referendums, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.539 billion Edward Bruceans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dublin. The average income tax rate is 68.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Edward Brucean economy, worth 776 trillion pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 118,751 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.
Preschools put children down for naps with milk, cookies, and a gruesome story of vengeance, animated characters are allowed to stab each other but not hold hands, Edward Bruce is suspiciously populated compared to its neighbors, and the nation's air force consists of strongly-worded letters folded into paper airplanes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Edward Bruce's national animal is the horse, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Catholic.
Edward Bruce is ranked 138,151st in the world and 1st in Culloden for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 37,881.82 Standard Monetary Units.
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Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Edward Bruce was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Black Market and the Top 10% for Most Developed and Most Advanced Public Education.
- : Following new legislation in Edward Bruce, the nation's air force consists of strongly-worded letters folded into paper airplanes.
- : Following new legislation in Edward Bruce, Edward Bruce is suspiciously populated compared to its neighbors.
- : Following new legislation in Edward Bruce, animated characters are allowed to stab each other but not hold hands.
- : Following new legislation in Edward Bruce, preschools put children down for naps with milk, cookies, and a gruesome story of vengeance.
- : Following new legislation in Edward Bruce, old dogs don't have to learn new tricks but they have to prove they haven't forgotten old ones.
- : Following new legislation in Edward Bruce, after every storm there's an expensive government-funded rainbow.
- : Following new legislation in Edward Bruce, army uniforms are replaced en masse to accommodate adult soldiers.
- : Following new legislation in Edward Bruce, the atmosphere in Edward Brucean boardrooms is turning more gay.
- : Following new legislation in Edward Bruce, there are no longer any roads less traveled.
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